Water & Wastewater Rate Study
Mr. Parker is currently in the process of completing a comprehensive water and wastewater rate study for the City. It had been a significant number of years since the City had commissioned a formal rate study and reviewed its rate structure. Upon preliminary review, UAN identified a number of concerns with the existing rate structure that caused inequities to certain customer classes. As such, the City requested that UAN perform a rate analysis and revise the rate structure to be more equitable and consistent with modern industry standards. Such revisions included establishing meter-based rates for both water and wastewater services, eliminating the minimum usage allowance in the monthly base charges, and moving toward a volumetric rate structure that encourages water conservation efforts. In addition to proposing such rate structure changes, Mr. Parker established a 5-year phasing approach so as to mitigate the rate shock impacts on certain customer groups.